affiliation

University of Zurich

email

contact details

Dept of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich 8057, Switzerland , Tel: ++411 635 5245, Fax: ++411 635 6848

research interests

• Recreation & tourism
• Global warming
• Management of alpine areas

publications

Monographs
König U. (in press): Tourism in a warmer world: Implications of climate change due to enhanced greenhouse effect for the ski industry in the Australian Alps. Wirtschaftsgeographie und Raumplanung, Zürich.

König U. 1997: Global Change and the Australian Ski Industry: Impacts and Adaptation. CRES Working Paper Series. Australian National University, Canberra.

Journal Articles
König U. (in press) Climate Change and Tourism: Investigation into the Decision-Making Process of Skiers in Australian Ski Fields. Pacific Tourism Review, 1.

Abegg B., König U., Elsasser H. & Bürki R. (in press) Climate Impact Assessment in Tourism. Journal of Applied Geography and Development.

König U., Abegg B & Bürki R. (in prep.) Climate Change and Ski Tourism. Climatic Change.

König U. & Abegg B. (1997) Impacts of Climate Change on Winter Tourism in the Swiss Alps. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1: 46-59.

König U. (1997) Skiing in the Greenhouse. Park Watch, 4: 16-24.

Abegg B., König U. & Maisch M. (1995) Changement climatique et ski sur glacier en Suisse. Cahiers du Géographie du Québec, 108: 445-464.

Abegg B., König U. & Maisch M. (1994) Klimaänderung und Gletscherskitourismus. Geographica Helvetica, 3: 103-114.

Book Chapters
König U. (1998) Climate change and the Australian ski industry: investigation into the decision- making process of skiers and possible adaptation strategies of the tourism industry. In Green K. (ed.) Snow: A Natural History; an uncertain Future, (pp. 207-223) Australian Alps Liaison Committee, Canberra.

Elsasser H. & König U. (1996) Skitourismus in den australischen Alpen. In Hofmeister B & F. Voss (eds.) Stadt und Wirtschaftsraum, (pp. 475-487) Berliner geographische Studien, 44 Department of Geography, Technical University Berlin, Berlin.

current research or projects

• Climate change and tourism in the Swiss and Australian Alps.
• Methodological problems and opportunities of climate change impact research on socio-economic systems.